Looking to feast your eyes on 'The Spirit of Christmas' on your TV, phone, or tablet? Finding a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Mabel Beaton-directed movie via subscription can be confusing, so we here at Moviefone want to do the heavy lifting.
We've listed a number of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription alternatives - along with the availability of 'The Spirit of Christmas' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'The Spirit of Christmas' right now, here are some particulars about the Stringtime Productions family flick.
Released December 1st, 1953, 'The Spirit of Christmas' stars Alexander Scourby The movie has a runtime of about 27 min, and received a user score of 63 (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together reviews from 3 experienced users.
Interested in knowing what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "This Christmas film, created as a special for television broadcast throughout the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania viewing region, was produced by puppeteer Mabel Beaton and her husband Les for Bell Telephone Company and first aired in 1953. Following a short live-action opening portion, featured are two extended marionette segments, the first dramatizing Clement Moore's "A Visit from St. Nicholas", the second reverently telling the Nativity story; the two stories are staged in classic, traditional style. From 1953 onward, for several years, The Spirit of Christmas was broadcast in the intended region multiple times per holiday season. It was also available as a 16mm film licensed to schools for showings to students. This film often is misstated to have originally been broadcast in 1950."
'The Spirit of Christmas' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Google Play Movies .
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